624 FLORA, 



hypogynous, imbricated, crenulate. Stamens oo , numerous, hypogynous, 

 more or less united at their bases. Ovary sessile, 2-several-celled ; ovules 

 2 or more in each cavity. Fruit a 3-5-celled generally woody capsule. 

 Endosperm little or none ; embryo large, with conduplicate cotyledons. 

 About 16 genera and 160 species, natives of tropical and warm regions. 



Stamens monadelphous. 1. Stuartia. 



Stamens 5-adelphous. 2. Gordonia. 



1. STUARTIA L. 



Shrubs, with deciduous membranous serrulate leaves, and large showy axillary 

 solitary Mowers on short peduncles. Sepals 5, rarely 6, ovate or lanceolate. Pet- 

 als of the same number, obovate. Ovary 5 -celled; styles I or 5 ; ovules 2 in each 

 cavity, anatropous; capsule ovoid, 5 -celled, loculicidally dehiscent. Embryo 

 straight. Cotyledons oval, longer than the inferior radicle. [Named in honor of 

 John Stuart, Marquis of Bute.] Six species, natives of N. Am. and Japan. 



Style 1, compound ; stigma 5-lobed ; seeds marginless ; capsule subglobose. 



1. S. Malachodendron. 

 Styles 5, distinct; seeds wing-margined; capsule ovoid, 5-angled. 2. S. pentagyna. 



1. Stuartia Malachodendron L. Round-fruited Stuartia. (I. F. f. 

 2439.) A shrub, 2-4 m. high, the branches pubescent when young. Leaves oval, 

 acute or acuminate at each end, 5-8 cm. long, pubescent beneath, glabrous above; 

 petioles 4-10 mm. long; flowers 7-10 cm. broad, solitary or occasionally in pairs ; 

 sepals ovate or orbicular, obtuse, silky-pubescent, united at the base; petals white, 

 minutely crenulate ; filaments purple ; anthers blue; capsule 12-16 mm. long, pu- 

 bescent. In woods, Va. to Fla., west to La. April-May. 

 • 2. Stuartia pentagyna L'Her. Angled-fruited or Mountain Stuartia. 

 (I. F. f. 2440.) A shrub resembling the preceding, Leaves oval, or ovate, larger, 

 1-1.5 dm. long, acuminate, pubescent beneath, mucronate-serrulate or rarely entire; 

 flowers solitary, 5-8 cm. broad; peduncles 6-14 mm. long; sepals lanceolate, acutish, 

 hairy; petals cream color, crenulate; capsule acute, nearly 2 cm. long, densely 

 pubescent. In woods, mountains of Ky. and N. Car. to Ga. and Ala. June. 



2. GORDONIA Ellis. 



Trees or shrubs, with coriaceous evergreen leaves, and large white solitary 

 axillary flowers, often clustered at the ends of branches. Sepals 5, imbricated, 

 rounded, concave. Petals 5, imbricated, obovate. Stamens 00 , 5-adelphous, each 

 cluster cohering with the base of a petal. Ovary 1, 3-5-celled ; style 1 ; stigma 5- 

 rayed. Capsule woody, ovoid, 5-valved, the axis persistent. Seeds compressed, 

 with a short wing; cotyledons ovate, longitudinally plaited ; hypocotyl short, su- 

 perior. [Named for James Gordon, a London nurseryman.] About 16 species, 

 natives of E. N. Am., Mex. and E. Asia. 



1. Gordonia Lasianthus L. Loblolly Bay. Tan Ray. (I. F. f. 2441.) A 

 tree. Leaves lanceolate, or oblong, acute and involute at the base, nearly sessile, 

 7-13 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, serrulate, glabrous, shining; peduncles ascending; 

 flowers 3-5 cm. broad; sepals orbicular, silky, ciliate; petals slightly pubescent 

 without; capsule ovoid conic, pointed, 12-16 mm. long, sometimes 6-valved. In 

 low woods, Va. to Fla. May-July. 



Family 2. HYPERICACEAE Lindl. 



St. Johns-wort Family. 



Herbs or shrubs, sometimes small trees in tropical regions, with op- 

 posite, or rarely verticillate, simple entire or rarely gland ular-ciliate or 

 .lent ate leaves, no stipules, and solitary or cymose-paniculate flowers. 

 Foliage pellucid-punctate or black-dotted. Flowers regular and perfect, 

 i ; or 4. imbricated. Petals of the same number, hypogynous, gen- 

 1 >blfqueor contorted. Stamens co , hypogynous, often in sets of 3 or 

 5; anthers versatile or innate, 2-celled, longitudinally dehiscent. Ovary 

 1-7-celled, compos< I" 1 1 7 carpels; styles as many as the carpels; ovules 



